August 10, 2010

Ray Stevens requests God to Save Arizona...

As long time fans of Ray Stevens are well aware of we're always being surprised...this time around it's the out of the blue music video release of "God Save Arizona". The reason I say it's out of the blue is because there wasn't much advanced alert of a video in the works...the song itself is brand new and not something on his We The People collection. The song combines the attack of the U.S.S. Arizona during World War Two and relates this to the modern-day illegal immigration war currently going on. The song isn't comical and as of right now it has over 45,000 hits on You Tube. It was uploaded a few days ago but then it became unavailable for some reason. I originally had a blog posted about the music video but when the video was removed from You Tube, for whatever reason, I deleted my original blog because the video of course would no longer play but now I'm re-posting a more concise version of my original blog with "God Save Arizona" at the bottom of the entry.

Time will tell how many hits this particular music video receives but considering we're heading into the mid-term election cycle and Arizona being one of the top items of discussion politically I'd not be surprised if this music video easily reaches hundreds of thousands of hits in two weeks time...perhaps more. The message is stirring...as is the musical arrangement. As I mentioned...this song is not available on his We The People collection and so chances are much of the inspiration for this song is tied to the latest round of court battles where a judge blocked several aspects of the SB 1070 immigration law from going into effect. To illustrate just how strong this video is doing...it's gotten more hits in just a few days time than his previous music video, "The Global Warming Song", has received in a little over a month.

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I'm a big fan of what's called classic country music. I love the HEE-HAW television program and I like watching vintage cartoons. I have four blogs...the main one is devoted to Ray Stevens. My Ray Stevens blog is written from a fan's perspective. The opinions and expressions discussed in this blog are of my own creation and should not be taken as representation of Ray Stevens and his office staff. I'm simply a dedicated, though opinionated, fan of Ray's who likes discussing his music and career. This fan-created blog page is something that I started when I got fed up with the lack of accurate information about Ray Stevens that was circulating on the internet.

2012

The Encyclopedia of Recorded Comedy Music became available on February 28th; It's an impressive set featuring 9-CD's and a booklet; There are 108 recordings altogether and the booklet gives in-depth detail about each of the songs and their impact on society; Ray covers practically all the major comedy/novelty songs that have been recorded over the last 60 plus years; It's a marvelous collection!!

2014

Ray's memoir, Nashville, is a great book! If you don't have a copy I suggest you purchase one...any fan of Ray Stevens should get this book.

2016

Ray's recording, "Dear America", demonstrates that America is still the greatest country on Earth regardless of internal conflicts and imperfections; A loving tribute to the country and a defiant plea that the country's values and traditions should still continue to be championed and fought for; Excellent recording!

2017

Season One DVD of Ray's television series; It contains the first 13 episodes broadcast on local PBS stations from earlier this year; These episodes originally aired on RFD-TV but they were repeated on PBS stations starting this past January; Some local PBS stations aired all 26 episodes from the RFD run while other local PBS stations aired the first 13 episodes and then began airing the PBS exclusives which became available over the summer months; Future DVD releases are expected.

2017

Season Two of the Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville series; This volume consists of episodes guest starring the likes of Bill Anderson, Con Hunley, Williams and Ree, Leroy Van Dyke, and many more!! A perfect companion to Season One; Each season contains 13 half hour episodes.

2018

The Ray Stevens CabaRay Showroom officially opened to the public on January 18, 2018; This date is signifcant in the career of Ray Stevens in that it's the date he arrived in Nashville in 1962; The facility houses an entire array of entertainment from the main showroom to a piano bar, a gift shop, and it also houses his recording studios for audio and video productions; The upcoming Sixth Season of his PBS television series, CabaRay Nashville, is being taped at the showroom; These episodes represent the first to be taped at the venue.